Mining Incidents

945 Cone PlantMetal/Nonmetal

Controlled by Clifton Halliday
Houghton Lake, Roscommon County, MI · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2003047
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2003–2004
Latest incident
May 2004
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2004 · 1 incident

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE CONE & CONVEOYOR SHUT OFF. CREW CLEANED CONVEYOR & TAIL PULLEY OFF. FOREMAN ASKED IF EVERYONE WAS READY TO START UP. PLANT MAN WHEN TO HIS STATION & FOREMAN TO HIS. FOREMAN MADE EYE CONTACT WITH INJURED. THE PLANT MAN STARTED HIS CONVEYOR & FOREMAN STARTED HIS CONVEYOR THEN TURNED TO MAKE SURE ALL CONVEYORS WERE MOVING. DID NOT SEE INJURED SO SHUT DOWN EQUIPMENT.

2003 · 1 incident

Struck against stationary object

TWO EMPLOYEES WERE CHANGING AIR CLEANER ON GENERATOR. AIR CLEANER WAS STUCK. WHEN EE APPLIED MORE FORCE, THE AIR CLEANER BROKE LOOSE AT SEAL. HIS ARM SLIPPED, RESULTING IN HIS ELBOW ON RIGHT A RM HITTING WALL OF TOOL VAN.